Experimental characterization of advanced materials for the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 11, Issue , 2006, Pages 8774-8785

  Bramanti, Cristina ^a,d   Cervone, Angelo ^b,e   Romeo, Luca ^b   Torre, Lucio ^b,e   D'Agostino, Luca ^b,f   Musker, Antony J ^c,g   Giorgio Saccoccia, E ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b ALTA SpA   (Italy)

^c DELTACAT Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d ESA Advanced Concepts Team ^*  (Netherlands)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^g DELTACAT Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; DIMANGANESE TRIOXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE MONOPROPELLANT THRUSTERS;

DECOMPOSITION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; PROPELLANTS; SILVER; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 34249337351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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